New proof of 'Evolution': Ciara is No. 1

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"Ciara: The Evolution" leads three new titles atop the Billboard 200, bowing at No. 1 with 338,000 copies sold.

Ciara's LaFace set marks the R&B starlet's best charting position and sales week ever.

The Shady/Aftermath/Interscope compilation "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up" lands at No. 2 with 309,000 units scanned, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures for the week ending Dec. 10. The album features a host of new Eminem tracks plus appearances from 50 Cent and members of the Shady Records roster.

Gwen Stefani one-ups the peak position of her smash 2004 Interscope solo debut, "Love.Angel.Music.Baby," with "The Sweet Escape," which debuts at No. 3 with 243,000. Its predecessor opened at No. 7 but eventually climbed to No. 5 thanks to the success of singles like "Hollaback Girl."

The soundtrack to Disney's "Hannah Montana" falls two places to No. 4 in its seventh week on the charts despite a 47% increase in sales to 243,000. The Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group/EMI/Universal/Zomba hits compilation "Now 23" slips one spot to No. 5 with 185,000 units shifted.

Il Divo's "Siempre" (SYCO/ Columbia) experiences a 128% sales boom, re-entering the top 10 with a 10-place surge to No. 6; fueled in part by a Dec. 6 appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the group's "Ancora" also rockets forward, from No. 161 to No. 87.

Carrie Underwood, who won two Billboard Music Awards last week, inches up three spots to No. 10 with "Some Hearts" (Arista Nashville), selling 126,000.

Last week's chart-topper, Incubus' "Light Grenades," sets an undesirable record by dropping to No. 37, the biggest position drop ever for a No. 1 debut. Marilyn Manson's 2003 album, "The Golden Age of Grotesque," held the mark after sliding to No. 21 in its second week.

Among notable debuts, the Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax soundtrack to "Dreamgirls," the single-disc "highlights" version, sold 92,000 units to bow at No. 20.